Posted by Scott Cummings - Thu, Oct 16, 2008 - [ Men's Cross Country ] - Viewed 736 times
Brent Almand picked up his third AMC Runner of the Week award in 2008
Brent Almand picked up his third AMC Runner of the Week award in 2008
(LEBANON, Ill., Oct. 16)--For the third time in 2008, William Woods University standout Brent Almand has been selected as the American Midwest Conference Men's Cross Country Runner of the Week.

Almand, a senior from The Woodlands, Texas, registered a top-10 finish last Saturday at the Border Wars Invitational in Edwardsville, Ill. Almand placed sixth in a field of 190 runners, and was the top NAIA finisher in the race. Almand posted a time of 26:23 on the eight-kilometer course.

Last season, Almand was a member of the AMC All-Conference Cross Country squad.